diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_git.bb
index 5fe52b83ec..971aac7867 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_git.bb
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ do_install_append_class-target() {
 
 do_install_append () {
 	sed -i -e 's:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}/::g' ${D}/${libdir}/rpm/macros
+
+	sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/python|${USRBINPATH}/env ${PYTHON_PN}|' \
+	    ${D}${libdir}/rpm/pythondistdeps.py
 }
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/rpm-plugins/*.so \
@@ -113,3 +116,5 @@ FILES_python3-rpm = "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/rpm/*"
 
 # rpm 5.x was packaging the rpm build tools separately
 RPROVIDES_${PN} += "rpm-build"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bash perl python3-core"